Doppelgänger (Curve album)
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Doppelgänger is the 1992 debut album by the British band Curve
. A continuation of the musical idiom established by the group on its three earlier EPs
, the record combines elements of dance music
and alternative rock
with the reverb- and distortion-heavy stylings of "shoegazing
".
Curve (band)
Curve was an English music group formed in 1990 chiefly around the collaboration of singer/songwriter Toni Halliday and bassist/guitarist/programmer Dean Garcia.-History:...
. A continuation of the musical idiom established by the group on its three earlier EPs
Pubic Fruit
Pubic Fruit is a compilation album by Curve, containing the band's first three EPs and an extended mix of 'Faît Accompli'.Curve released three critically acclaimed and increasingly successful EPs, The Blindfold EP, The Frozen EP and The Cherry EP, in the UK throughout 1991...
, the record combines elements of dance music
Dance music
Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement...
and alternative rock
Alternative rock
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...
with the reverb- and distortion-heavy stylings of "shoegazing
Shoegazing
Shoegazing is a subgenre of alternative rock that emerged from the United Kingdom in the late 1980s. It lasted there until the mid 1990s, with a critical zenith reached in 1990 and 1991...
".
Track listing
All tracks by Dean Garcia & Toni Halliday- "Already Yours" - 3:56
- "Horror HeadHorror Head"Horror Head" is Curve's single released on 6 July 1992, and the second single from the album Doppelgänger. It is one of their most popular songs. It reached #31 in the UK singles chart.-Music video:...
" - 3:41 - "Wish You Dead" - 3:31
- "Doppelgänger" - 4:30
- "Lillies Dying" - 4:24
- "Ice That Melts the Tips" - 4:31
- "Split Into Fractions" - 4:33
- "Think and Act" - 5:15
- "Faît Accompli" - 4:39
- "Sandpit" - 3:27
- "Clipped" - 3:51 (US release only)
Personnel
- Toni HallidayToni HallidayAntoinette "Toni" Halliday is an English musician best known as the lead vocalist, lyricist, and occasional guitarist of the band Curve.-Early life and career:...
- vocals - Dean Garcia - guitar, keyboards, bass, drum programming
- Debbie SmithDebbie Smith (musician)Debbie Smith is a British guitar and bass player who has been in several bands from the 1990s to the present, including Curve, Echobelly, Nightnurse, Snowpony, Bows, The Nuns , and SPC ECO .Smith was interviewed for the book Never Mind the Bollocks: Women Rewrite Rock by...
, Alex Mitchell, Alan MoulderAlan MoulderAlan Moulder is one of Britain's premier alternative rock record producers. He has worked with such artists as Depeche Mode, Erasure, Elastica, Gary Numan, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Curve, Ride, Lush and My Bloody Valentine, Lostprophets, Shihad, Ivyrise and Placebo, as well as with many American...
- guitar - Monti - drums